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Gina Kirschenheiter‘s boyfriend, Travis Mullen, has requested temporary sole custody of the three children he shares with his ex-wife, Meghan Mullen.
Months after being denied a prior request for emergency sole custody of the children, Travis, 40, who appears alongside Gina, 41, on The Real Housewives of Orange County, is hoping to strip her of joint legal and physical custody, which she’s had since November 2021, and limit her to supervised visits with daughters Presley and Bennett and son Joseph.
“I have reached out to local police to enforce the current order, but they have not been helpful. I am concerned for [the son’s welfare] and feel that the ‘system’ has completely failed him,” Travis wrote in court documents filed on October 29, per Us Weekly. “This behavior on the part of [Meghan] has been occurring for over a year and I feel that nobody is advocating [for his son]. I need assistance from the court to ensure that [his son’s] needs are met, that my son and I continue to have a close and loving relationship.”
According to Travis, Meghan has not let him see one of their children since September 29, and has also not been bringing them to school, which has led school officials to threaten to report the issue to the District Attorney.
Meanwhile, in her own court documents, filed on October 30, Meghan claimed their son doesn’t want to spend time with him and insisted she’s in touch with the child’s school about their missed days.
“Travis continues to misuse the court process to get his way,” she wrote. “His [court] filings appear intended to punish and control me, not to protect the children. Travis is using the family court system as a tool of coercive control and retaliation. In addition to litigation abuse.”
Meghan then claimed Travis refuses to allow their children to call her when they are with him and signaled RHOC.
“The children are exposed to comments … about their private lives due to the public nature of Travis’ media appearances,” she alleged.
Then, in a second filing, Travis fired back, stating that he was “deeply concerned” about their child and denying her claims against him, including her suggestion that he tampered with her social media accounts and that their child is afraid of him.
“If [Meghan] really believed any of our children were afraid of me, why hasn’t she sought emergency orders?” Travis asked. “Why does she allow our two older children to come stay with me during my custodial time? The fact is that none of [Meghan’s] allegations are true.”
He also said he had not stopped their children from calling Meghan.
“This is another false allegation offered by [Meghan]. It was actually [Meghan] that would deny me phone contact with the children. Further, I have never punished the children for wanting to talk to their mother, and never said that they could not call their mom,” he stated.
Following Travis’ initial request for sole custody in March, he and Meghan agreed to have a child custody evaluator assess their situation and submit their findings to the court.